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Jacqueline V. Lerner

Jacqueline V. Lerner

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
59
Citations
14451
World Ranking
3684
National Ranking
2065

Overview

Jacqueline V. Lerner is affiliated with Boston College in the United States and focuses their research primarily within the social sciences and psychology domains. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields, including safety research, education, social psychology, clinical psychology, and sociology and political science.

Their scholarly contributions have appeared frequently in several academic journals. The most notable publication venues include:

  • Journal of Moral Education
  • Applied Developmental Science
  • Journal of Youth Development
  • International Journal of Behavioral Development
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence

Lerner's research centers around several main topics including youth development and social support, resilience and mental health, early childhood education and development, poverty, education and child welfare, youth education and societal dynamics, grit, self-efficacy and motivation, as well as religion, spirituality, and psychology.

Their recent publications reflect this range of focus areas. Key papers include:

  • "Profiles of adolescent character attributes: Associations with intentional self-regulation and character role model relationships," 2020, Journal of Moral Education
  • "From Taylor Swift to MLK: Understanding adolescents' famous character role models," 2022, Journal of Moral Education
  • "Positive Youth Development in 2020: Theory, Research, Programs, and the Promotion of Social Justice," 2021, Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: Longitudinal associations among American adolescents' civic engagement and family and school characteristics," 2023, Applied Developmental Science
  • "Exploring Religiousness and Hope: Examining the Roles of Spirituality and Social Connections among Salvadoran Youth," 2020, Religions

Their frequent collaborators include Richard M. Lerner, Jonathan M. Tirrell, Elizabeth M. Dowling, Alistair T.R. Sim, and Trang U. Le, with whom they have coauthored numerous papers.

Best Publications

  • Positive Youth Development

    Jacqueline V. Lerner;Erin Phelps;Yulika E. Forman;Edmond P. Bowers

  • Positive Youth Development, Participation in Community Youth Development Programs, and Community Contributions of Fifth-Grade Adolescents: Findings From the First Wave Of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development

    Richard M. Lerner;Jacqueline V. Lerner;Jason B. Almerigi;Christina Theokas

  • Positive Youth Development A View of the Issues

    Richard M. Lerner;Jason B. Almerigi;Christina Theokas;Jacqueline V. Lerner

  • The Five Cs Model of Positive Youth Development: A Longitudinal Analysis of Confirmatory Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance

    Edmond P. Bowers;Yibing Li;Megan K. Kiely;Aerika Brittian

  • Positive Youth Development and Relational-Developmental-Systems

    Richard M. Lerner;Jacqueline V. Lerner;Edmond P. Bowers;G. John Geldhof

  • Using positive youth development to predict contribution and risk behaviors in early adolescence: Findings from the first two waves of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development.

    Helena Jelicic;Deborah L. Bobek;Erin Phelps;Richard M. Lerner

  • Creation of short and very short measures of the five Cs of positive youth development

    G. J. Geldhof;Edmond P. Bowers;Michelle J. Boyd;Megan K. Mueller

  • Personal and ecological assets and academic competence in early adolescence: The mediating role of school engagement.

    Yibing Li;Jacqueline V. Lerner;Richard M. Lerner

  • Positive Youth Development: Processes, Programs, and Problematics

    Richard M. Lerner;Jacqueline V. Lerner;Selva Lewin-Bizan;Edmond P. Bowers

  • Individual and Contextual Bases of Thriving in Adolescence: A View of the Issues.

    Richard M. Lerner;Jacqueline V. Lerner;Alexander von Eye;Edmond P. Bowers

  • Active and engaged citizenship: multi-group and longitudinal factorial analysis of an integrated construct of civic engagement.

    Jonathan Zaff;Michelle Boyd;Yibing Li;Jacqueline V. Lerner

  • Effects of Age, Sex, and Physical Attractiveness on Child-Peer Relations, Academic Performance, and Elementary School Adjustment.

    Richard M. Lerner;Jacqueline V. Lerner

  • Mother role satisfaction, mother–child interaction, and child temperament: A process model.

    Jacqueline V. Lerner;Nancy L. Galambos

  • Temperament and elementary school children's actual and rated academic performance: a test of a 'goodness-of-fit' model.

    Jacqueline V. Lerner;Richard M. Lerner;Stacia Zabski

  • Difficult Temperament and Drug Use: Analyses from the New York Longitudinal Study

    Jacqueline V. Lerner;Judith R. Vicary

  • Nuances in Early Adolescent Developmental Trajectories of Positive and Problematic/Risk Behaviors: Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development

    Erin Phelps;Aida B. Balsano;Kristen Fay;Jack S. Peltz

  • Does self-competence predict gender differences in adolescent depression and anxiety?

    Christine Mccauley Ohannessian;Richard M. Lerner;Jacqueline V. Lerner;Alexander Von Eye

  • Special issue introduction: the meaning and measurement of thriving: a view of the issues.

    Richard M. Lerner;Alexander von Eye;Jacqueline V. Lerner;Selva Lewin-Bizan

  • Temperament, perceived competence, and depression in early and late adolescents.

    Michael Windle;Karen Hooker;Kathleen Lenerz;Patricia L. East

  • Adolescent-parent discrepancies in perceptions of family functioning and early adolescent self-competence

    Christine McCauley Ohannessian;Jacqueline V. Lerner;Richard M. Lerner;Alexander von Eye

  • Discrepancies in Adolescents' and Parents' Perceptions of Family Functioning and Adolescent Emotional Adjustment

    Christine McCauley Ohannessian;Richard M. Lerner;Jacqueline V. Lerner;Alexander von Eye

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
Edmond P. Bowers
Edmond P. Bowers Clemson University
G. John Geldhof
G. John Geldhof Oregon State University
Alexander von Eye
Alexander von Eye Michigan State University
Nancy L. Galambos
Nancy L. Galambos University of Alberta
Christine McCauley Ohannessian
Christine McCauley Ohannessian Florida State University
Karen Hooker
Karen Hooker Oregon State University
Alexandra M. Freund
Alexandra M. Freund University of Zurich
Patricia L. East
Patricia L. East University of California, San Diego
Christopher Hertzog
Christopher Hertzog Georgia Institute of Technology

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